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COUNCIL OF STATE: North Carolina elects the Governor, Lt. Governor and other Council of State officers every four years concurrent with the presidential election. These positions carry four-year terms. The Governor is constitutionally limited to two consecutive four-year terms. 

STATE JUDICIAL: North Carolina elects Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges in non-partisan, statewide elections. Appellate court judges serve eight-year terms and stand for election on a staggered schedule. In 2010 only one of the seven seats on the N.C Supreme Court is up for election, as are four of the 15 seats on the State Court of Appeals.

2010 Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the N.C. Appellate Courts where there was a primary. We repeated the process in May for candidates in races with only a General Election contest. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available here.

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they either did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire, or they are not running for a seat with primary opposition.
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

N.C. SUPREME COURT:

INCUMBENT                                                                                                                  

Associate Justice - Brady Seat: OPEN (incumbent Ed Brady not running in 2010)

  Q Robert C. (Bob) Hunter, NC Ct. of Appeals judge

  Q Barbara Jackson, NC Ct. of Appeals judge

N.C. COURT OF APPEALS:

INCUMBENT                                                                        

Calabria Seat: Primary

  Q Ann Marie Calabria, incumbent                                            

  Q Jane Gray, Wake Co. District Court judge

  Q Mark E. Klass, N.C. Superior Court judge

Steelman Seat:

  Q Sanford Steelman, incumbent

Elmore Seat: Primary

  Rick Elmore, incumbent                                                      

  Q Steven Walker 

  Q Leto Copeley

  Alton D. (Al) Bain

Geer Seat:

  Q Martha Geer, incumbent                                                       

  Q Dean R. Poirier

SPECIAL ELECTION Wynn seat: OPEN (James Wynn resigned, confirmed to 4th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals)

  John F. Bloss

  Q J. Wesley Casteen

  Q Chris Dillon, attorney & bank Vice President

  Q Jewel Ann Farlow

  Q Daniel E. Garner

  Stan Hammer

  Q Mark E. Klass, Superior Court Judge

  Q Doug McCullough, fmr Appeals Court Judge

  Anne Middleton, Assistant Attorney General

  Q Harry E. Payne, Jr., fmr Labor Commissioner

  John Sullivan

  Cressie Thigpen, appointed Appeals Court Judge

  Q Pamela M. Vesper

P.O. Box 12406     Raleigh, NC 27605     Phone: 919.896.8347     Fax: 919.896.8349